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Friday, September 12, 2014

ESPN Reports Ray Rice Came Clean To The NFL In June About Beating His Wife

Janay and Ray Rice

The Ray Rice domestic violence scandal is going from
bad to worse for the NFL as a new report by ESPN revealed the
football player went to Commissioner Roger Goodell and came clean
stating he had punched and knocked out his wife in a casino elevator
in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Goodell has hired former FBI Director, Robert S.
Mueller, one of the most corrupt, racist men in existence, to do an
investigation into what transpired at the NFL regarding the scandal.
Mueller has done worse than Rice in deeds that led to people's
deaths.

What is said investigation going to prove? The NFL
does not tell players to beat their significant others. That's not
NFL policy. However, I do agree, the punishment of a two game
suspension was light, but it is not for me to decide that Rice
should never play again. At the end of the day, people need to be
careful that they do not let a regrettable scandal involving one man
and his girlfriend, destroy an entire league.

Ray Rice, Janay Rice and their daughter

The NFL is a private organization. Who knew what,
when and in what fashion is not going to solve anything in terms of
law enforcement, as Mueller has no authority in that realm anymore
(thank God). Frankly speaking, Rice's brutal beating of his wife is
a law enforcement matter. However, the case was already adjudicated.
As it appears to be his first offense, the court ordered Rice to
undergo counseling, which was a light punishment for the crime.
Frankly, I'm concerned for his wife and child and hope nothing like
this ever happens again.

Roger Goodell

The NFL has implemented new rules for misbehavior in
the league. Rice has been dropped from the Baltimore Ravens and
suspended indefinitely. He may have lost his career in football.
Choices have consequences. Many on social networking believe there
should be a code of conduct in the NFL. That should go for all
sports. At the end of the day, it is a privilege to play in any
organized sporting league, anywhere in the world, not a right.
Cherish it and act accordingly.

STORY SOURCE

Sources: Rice told NFL he hit fiancee

Updated: September 12, 2014, 1:13 AM ET - Ray Rice
told NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on June 16 that he punched his
then-fiancee in a casino elevator, four sources have told "Outside
the Lines," an assertion that contradicts Goodell's statement this
week that "when we met with Ray Rice and his representatives, it was
ambiguous about what actually happened."

Goodell made the statement Tuesday during an
interview with CBS News, saying the latest video released by TMZ
Sports about the incident was "inconsistent" with what the former
Baltimore Ravens running back had told him. But four sources close
to Rice say that during the disciplinary meeting in the
commissioner's office on June 16, Rice told Goodell he had hit Janay
Rice, then his fiancee, in the face inside a Revel Casino Hotel
elevator in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and had knocked her
unconscious.

"Ray didn't lie to the commissioner," a source with
knowledge of the meeting told "Outside the Lines." "He told the full
truth to Goodell -- he made it clear he had hit her, and he told
Goodell he was sorry and that it wouldn't happen again."

"He told the truth," a second source said. "This is
a public lynching of Ray." A third source with knowledge of Rice's
discussion with the commissioner said: "There was no ambiguity about
what happened [in the elevator]." A fourth source also confirmed how
the information was relayed at the meeting; however, a fifth source
with knowledge of the meeting said Rice told Goodell he had
"slapped" his fiancee.

The accounts given by the sources, who spoke on
condition of anonymity, contradict Goodell's statement that he did
not know precisely what had happened inside the elevator until he
watched the TMZ Sports-released videotape on Monday morning. After
The Associated Press reported Wednesday that a copy of the
in-elevator video was sent by a law enforcement official to an
unnamed NFL executive last April, the league announced former FBI
chief Robert Mueller would lead an independent inquiry of the Rice
matter, overseen by New York Giants owner John Mara and Pittsburgh
Steelers owner Art Rooney.

The discrepancy raises additional questions about
Goodell's decision to give the former Ravens running back a two-game
suspension on July 24 for hitting his now-wife.

In his letter explaining the reasons for the
two-game suspension and financial penalties of $500,000, Goodell
wrote to Rice, "As you acknowledged during our meeting, your conduct
was unquestionably inconsistent with league policies and the
standard of behavior required of everyone who is part of the NFL.
The league is an entity that depends on integrity and in the
confidence of the public, and we simply cannot tolerate conduct that
endangers others or reflects negatively on our game. This is
particularly true with respect to domestic violence and other forms
of violence against women."...